JOURNEYING TO JAPAN. CCHS Concert Band
members gather in the school cafeteria at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning
before departing for a ten-day trip to Japan. Pictured are some of
the Carlisle students with band director Al Dentino. The 83 students
(about half from Carlisle) and 11 chaperones are travelling to Sapporo
and Nanae on Hokkaido where they will perform in three concerts and
enjoy a cultural exchange with Japanese students. (Photo by Carolynn
Luby)

At the Special Town Caucus held Monday evening
at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, it took no more than five minutes for Debra
Belanger of Palmer Way to be nominated to run for the recently vacated
seat on the Board of Selectmen due to the death of Vivian Chaput. ...more

The heavy rains that caused the washout on North
Road (front page photo last week) are also preventing DPW Superintendent
Gary Davis from beginning the repair. In a telephone interview earlier
this week, Davis said the area is still under water and the continuing
rain is adding to the problem, so not even a preliminary assessment is
possible until the water ...more

Last Saturday, 212 of Carlisle's upstanding residents
met with a rude surprise at the gates of the transfer station when a police
officer informed them they would not be allowed in without a current green
dump sticker. They had to go back to the police station on Lowell Street
and get the $15 sticker; there was no way they could dump their trash
without it. ...more

Last week the Mosquito reported incorrectly that "Curves,"
a franchised women's fitness center, may be coming to 1 River Road.
In fact, Carlisle resident Gail MacLeod has received a special permit
from the Board of Appeals to operate "Shapes," a fitness center
for women that will include ten exercise machines, alternating with
ten running ...more

Patriots Day in Carlisle

Residents and friends are invited to join the Carlisle Minutemen
for the annual Patriots Day celebration on Monday, April 19. After
gathering on the Town Green at 6:30 a.m. the group will march to
Concord via the Estabrook Road trail ­ the same route taken
by the local militia in 1775. (You may wish to leave a car in Concord
the night before.)

6:30 Gather on Carlisle Town Green.
6:45 Carlisle Minutemen sound the alarm.
6:50 Flag raising ceremony.
7:00 Begin march to Concord.
9:00 Arrive at Buttrick's Mansion.
9:30 Arrive at the Old North Bridge for battle re-enactment.

Revolutionary War re-enactment

by Seba Gaines

The Conservation Commission gave its okay
for filming of a re-enactment of the opening action in the 1775
Battle of Lexington and Concord between British Redcoats and the
local Minutemen. It will take place April 18 at Towle Field. Filming
of the fray will be part of a Smithsonian Institution contract with
Boston Productions, but will not be staged at the original site
on Lexington Green because that locale is now considered "inappropriate."
Since black powder will be fired from period muskets, abutters can
expect to hear shots and drum rolls, but need not fear any actual
ammunition.